Previous Conferences & Workshops

Sep
02
2008

Joint IAS/Princeton University Geometric Analysis Seminar

Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow
Yng-Ing Lee
2:00pm|Fine Hall -- 314

If we deform a submanifold along its mean curvature vector, which is called mean curvature flow (MCF), the area will decrease most rapidly. Being Lagrangian is preserved along MCF in Kahler-Einstein manifolds. We can thus try to construct special...

Sep
01
2008

Geometric Partial Differential Equations

12:00am

Organizer: Alice Chang (Princeton University)

The special program for the academic year 2008-09 was on geometric PDE. The emphasis was on non-linear partial differential equations with applications to problems in differential, conformal and convex...

Jun
10
2008

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Computability and Complexity of Julia sets
Mark Braverman
10:30am|S-101

Abstract: Studying dynamical systems is key to understanding a wide range of phenomena ranging from planets' movement to climate patterns to market dynamics. Various numerical tools have been developed to address specific questions about dynamical...

May
27
2008

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Approximating Functions in Logarithmic Space and Time: A "Plug & Play" Approach
Nir Halman
10:30am|S-101

We consider several natural problems related to the design of approximation algorithms and the analysis of their error bounds. We define a set of sufficient conditions on a function $f:D --> R^+$ and its domain $D$ , so that we can construct good...

May
23
2008

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

The finite field Kakeya conjecture.
Zeev Dvir
2:00pm|S-101

A Kakeya set in F^n , where F is a finite field, is a set containing a line in every direction. The finite field Kakeya conjecture states that the size of such sets is bounded from below by C_n*|F|^n , where C_n depends only on the dimension n . I...